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HODL · 2w
As a father I go out of my way to raise my children with the knowledge that all authority is illegitimate, even mine. It creates some challenges lol 😂 But I’d rather have it this way than the...
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Even the anarchist thesis is not that *all* authority is illegitimate, but all *unjustified* authority, and we should keep questioning all such justifications. Parental authority is perhaps the most and most easily justifiable. For it is the aim of parental authority to make itself redundant.

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The question isn't whether we're heading towards 1984 or Brave New World, it's both. The question is how much of each we'll have.

I believe it's more BNW than '84.

Kudzai Kutukwa @Kudzai · 2w
“The greater part of the population is not very intelligent, dreads responsibility, and desires nothing better than to be told what to do. Provided the rulers do not interfere with its material comforts and its cherished beliefs, it is perfectly happy to let itself be ruled.” Show more
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So much win in this article. My node is yours!

I'm willing to bet that, for every node that moved to Knots because of OP_RETURN, there's one that stayed on Core, but wishes for a more conservative client. Exactly like the one described here.

This new implementation will take users from both Core and Knots.

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Francis Marion BIP110 · 1w
Fair point. I think it takes more from Core long term. The knots people aren’t going backwards. Core is trying to force people to upgrade. When that happens they will want to keep their old features via production ready. Long term it’s good for Bitcoin. About time 3 different sets of code is bet...
Bitcoin Bazar · 2w
You perfectly know that: 1- they could chose to make the explorer private if they wanted to 2 - people don't do tx within the Spark entity and just use it as a LN wallet. I know its still possible to find your spark adress through your LN invoice if you are technical enough. But as soon that they s...
Lysergic4cid · 2w
*sparkle sound effect*
Bitcoin Bazar · 3w
Never said they were not correct. Just that it seems that Spark remains an improvement compared to fully custodial LN.
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I'm not sure about that. When all the SSPs are run by one entity, how self-custodial is it really? Sure, you can unilaterally exit, but that's only a small benefit.

Privacy-wise it's much worse than LN, because it operates with similar properties as the main chain. You're going from trusting one LN custodian to trusting another LN custodian LightSpark) on a much more transparent/trackable chain.

I really want to like Spark (and Ark), but it doesn't seem like its glaring and serious issues are addressed yet. Until such time I advise everyone to stay away from it.

It rather seems like everyone is pushing Spark because it's easy, and legally qualifies as "self-custodial", so gets around Google's recent KYC requirement.

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Bitcoin Bazar · 2w
Spark is just literally as bad for privacy as a custodial lightning service, not better not worse. But add the unilateral exit choice. So how is it not an improvement?